Weekly Sanga

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 10 Text 24   sa vā ayaṁ sakhy anugīta-sat-katho vedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhya-vādibhiḥ ya eka īśo jagad-ātma-līlayā sṛjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate   TRANSLATION O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by...

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 10 Text 22   sa eva bhūyo nija-vīrya-coditāṁ sva-jīva-māyāṁ prakṛtiṁ sisṛkṣatīm anāma-rūpātmani rūpa-nāmanī vidhitsamāno ’nusasāra śāstra-kṛt   TRANSLATION The Personality of Godhead, again desiring to give names and forms to His parts and parcels, the living entities, placed them under the guidance of material nature. By His own potency, material...

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 10 Text 19   aśrūyantāśiṣaḥ satyās tatra tatra dvijeritāḥ nānurūpānurūpāś ca nirguṇasya guṇātmanaḥ   TRANSLATION It was being heard here and there that the benedictions being paid to Kṛṣṇa were neither befitting nor unbefitting because they were all for the Absolute, who was now playing the part of a human...

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 10 Text 13   sarve te ’nimiṣair akṣais tam anu druta-cetasaḥ vīkṣantaḥ sneha-sambaddhā vicelus tatra tatra ha   TRANSLATION All their hearts were melting for Him on the pot of attraction. They looked at Him without blinking their eyes, and they moved hither and thither in perplexity.

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 24, 2016.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 10 Text 7   uṣitvā hāstinapure māsān katipayān hariḥ suhṛdāṁ ca viśokāya svasuś ca priya-kāmyayā   TRANSLATION Śrī Hari, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, resided at Hastināpura for a few months to pacify His relatives and please His own sister [Subhadrā].